1915 New York Yankees season

1915 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1913)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Manager(s)	Bill Donovan
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John Purroy Mitchel and Jacob Ruppert, Jr. and William Edward Donovan at a Yankee game on April 22, 1915

John Purroy Mitchel wearing his Homburg hat and Jacob Ruppert, Jr. wearing his derby at the opening day Yankee home game at the Polo Grounds on April 22, 1915

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John Purroy Mitchel holding his Homburg hat and Jacob Ruppert, Jr. at the opening day Yankee game at the Polo Grounds on April 22, 1915 with Mitchel getting ready to throw out the ceremonial first pitch

The 1915 New York Yankees season was the 13th season for the Yankees and their 15th overall. The team was under new ownership and new management.

The team finished with a record of 69–83, 32½ games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bill Donovan. Home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

Opening day game

Opening day was an away game at Griffith Stadium against the Washington Senators. The Yankee opening day starting pitcher was Jack Warhop.

The first game of the season on the home field was April 22, 1915 against the Washington Senators at the Polo Grounds with 7,000 attending. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch.

Regular season

• June 23, 1915: Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Bruno Haas set an American League record by walking 16 Yankees in one game.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	101	50	0.669	—	55–20	46–30
Detroit Tigers	100	54	0.649	2½	51–26	49–28
Chicago White Sox	93	61	0.604	9½	54–24	39–37
Washington Senators	85	68	0.556	17	50–29	35–39
New York Yankees	69	83	0.454	32½	37–43	32–40
St. Louis Browns	63	91	0.409	39½	35–38	28–53
Cleveland Indians	57	95	0.375	44½	27–50	30–45
Philadelphia Athletics	43	109	0.283	58½	19–53	24–56

Record vs. opponents

1915 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	16–4	14–8	10–12	17–5–1	17–5–2	15–6–1
Chicago	10–12	—	16–6	7–15	15–7	19–3	18–4	8–14–1
Cleveland	4–16	6–16	—	5–17	9–13–1	15–7–1	12–10	6–16
Detroit	8–14	15–7	17–5	—	17–5	17–5	13–9–2	13–9
New York	12–10	7–15	13–9–1	5–17	—	11–9	12–10–1	9–13
Philadelphia	5–17–1	3–19	7–15–1	5–17	9–11	—	6–16	8–14
St. Louis	5–17–2	4–18	10–12	9–13–2	10–12–1	16–6	—	9–13
Washington	6–15–1	14–8–1	16–6	9–13	13–9	14–8	13–9	—

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
OF	Doc Cook	132	476	129	.271	2	33

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Elmer Miller	26	83	12	.145	0	3
Pi Schwert	9	18	5	.278	0	6

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ray Caldwell	36	305	19	16	2.89	130

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Boardwalk Brown	19	96.2	3	6	4.10	34
Neal Brady	2	8.2	0	0	3.12	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bill Donovan	9	0	3	0	4.81	17

References

• 1915 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com